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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Active Indoor Games: Obstacle Course
In many parts of the country, the cold and wet November weather is keeping kids indoors. It's time to start thinking about active indoor games!
Today's active indoor game is: The Indoor Obstacle Course.
Your kids probably already climb on chairs and crawl under tables -- even when you don't want them to. They may already be skilled at building blanket forts. It's time to put this experience to good use!
The "course" can include chairs, tables, couches, step-stools and stairs, augmented by pillows, blankets and any toys you have for crawling (like play tents or tubes,) active things that occur in one place (like jump ropes and hula hoops) and odds and ends like balloons and party noisemakers (the kind you blow into.) Too keep things under control, the course should be in one area, rather than spread throughout several rooms.
The course doesn't have to be run. Hopping, skipping, crab-walking and crawling are all ways to get around, and keep things from getting too wild. The course can be interrupted by stations with stationary activities like blowing up a balloon or party noisemaker, jumping rope, singing a silly song, doing a dance and placing a hand on a chair and running around it three times without letting go. Your kids will think of lots of ideas!
Shoes or bare feet are best; socks can be very slippery.
We will be giving suggestions for active indoor games all winter. Please share your ideas with us!
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